< Mapisarema 120 >
1 Rwiyo rworwendo. Ndinodana kuna Jehovha mukutambudzika kwangu, uye anondipindura.
A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
2 Haiwa Jehovha, ndiponesei pamiromo inoreva nhema, nendimi dzinonyengera.
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
3 Achaiteiko kwauri, uye chimwe chiiko kunze kwezvizvi, iwe rurimi runonyengera?
What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
4 Achakuranga nemiseve yakapinza yemhare, namazimbe anopfuta omuti womurara.
Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
5 Ndine nhamo ini ndinogara muMesheki, kuti ndinogara pakati pamatende eKedhari!
Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
6 Ndakagara nguva refu pakati pavanovenga rugare.
Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.
7 Ndiri munhu worugare; asi pandinotaura, ivo ndevehondo.
I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.